ἀκουσματικοί

Sound Art . Phonography . Acousmatic Realm

João Castro Pinto is a Portuguese artist interested in the art of composing silence with sounds.

He graduated in Philosophy from the New University of Lisbon and is currently finishing his Ph.D. dissertation in Computer Music @ U.C.P. / C.I.T.A.R. - Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts.

João Castro Pinto is a composer released and proudly endorsed by MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL's - MIC.PT (Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre) & MISO RECORDS.

His sound work ranges between: soundscape composition, dense droning, noise, electroacoustic, acousmatic, tape music & experimental electronic genres. He plays live electroacoustic music, with and without instrumentalists, as tape music / spatialization concerts.

He conceived and directed the "Hertzoscópio - Experimental & Transdisciplinary Arts Festival" and the "Hertz_extend#1", both dedicated to the divulgation of contemporary experimental music, video-art and intermedia. The first edition of the festival (2003) was co-directed with fellow sound artist and composer Nuno Morão.
The Hertzoscópio aims to stimulate the creation and diffusion of experimental and trans-disciplinary arts through the presentation of works, concerts & performances from recognized artists & promising revelations, trying to consolidate the expression an interdisciplinary culture within the context of contemporary arts.
This festival has the goal to supply formation and to valorize the emergent audience that is increasingly interested in the use of the new technologies associated with the main artistic forms of expression.

NEWS

NEW REVIEW OF SUNTRIA @ T. EXT.

DECEMBER 6th 2017 _ I am very glad to post Massimo Ricci's review on TOUCHING EXTREMES about "SUNTRIA - imaginal sonotopes" - U43 -, my soundscape solo album published by the exquisite label UNFATHOMLESS, in May 2017!
Check it out HERE

RE-CICLO @ AUDIO ART FESTIVAL 2017

Very glad to announce that my last acousmatic piece - Re-Ciclo - published on new solo album released on October 7th 2017, by MISO RECORDS, entitled ESOFONIA -_acousmatic_works_1999-2017, will have its international premiere at the 25th edition of Poland's AUDIO_ART_FESTIVAL_2017 on November 22nd 2017, in the context of the

ESOFONIA@ RDP ANTENA2 MÚSICA HOJE

My latest solo album released, on October 7th 2017, by MISO RECORDS, entitled ESOFONIA_-_acousmatic_works_1999 2017, will be the focus of the 100th edition of Miguel Azguime'sMÚSICA HOJE radioshow. Tune in to hear several complete electroacoustic pieces!

PARTICIPATION @ DME 55 _ MUSLAB 17

I gladly announce that I am participating in the 55th edition of DME_-_Electroacoustic Music_Days_Festival, in Lisboa Portugal. I have five field recordings integrated in the audivisual permanent installation. On Saturday, October 28th, I will spatialize an edited version of my soudscape piece "Catachresis", and, finally on the same day, I will give a talk / conference about soundscape composition.
Due to a partnership between DME festival and MUSLAB - International Festival of Electroacoustic Music 2017, my recent piece SUNTRIA - imaginal sonotopes (sonotopes I to IV _ released last May by Unfathomless) will have its absolute premiere, on October 30th @ 16:00, in a concert programmed by DME, among other reference compositions from Portuguese composers as: Miguel Azguime, António Ferreira and João Pedro Oliveira. This concert will happen @ the Autonomous and Metropolitan University of Mexico, Unidad Xochimilco, in Mexico City _ Mexico. More info @ facebook event HERE

NEW SOLO ALBUM / RELEASE CONCERT

I am very pleased to announce that my new solo album, entitled:
"ESOFONIA_-_obras_acusmáticas_1999-2017", will be released next Saturday, October 7th, by Portuguese label MISO_RECORDS. I will spatialize 6 pieces throught MISO MUSIC's Louspeaker Orchestra , check the program HERE. Esofonia is an anthology of acousmatic pieces that illustrates part of the musical journey of João Castro Pinto (from 1999 to 2017). The album is in a professional inviolable USB memory card.

NEW SOLO ALBUM / COMMISSION

I am very pleased to announce that my new solo album, entitled:
"Suntria_-_imaginal_sonotopes", will be released next Friday, May 26th, by Belgian label Unfathomless. It is now available for pre-order.
The album is a soundscape composition focused on the landscapes of Serra de Sintra (in Portugal), released in a limited edition CD (200 hand numbered copies) with beautiful treated images, including an extra art card.
I am also happy to share that, the direction of 23rd edition of Música Viva Festival 2017, commissioned me a new acousmatic piece, which will have its absolute premiere on the same day of the release of Suntria - imaginal sonotopes.
Hence, the spatialization of my new acousmatic piece entitled Obsidia - dos sons invisíveis ou das imagens audíveis, will mark the celebration of both the new acousmatic piece and the release of Suntria - imaginal sonotopes. What: Obsidia - dos sons invisíveis ou das imagens audíveis @ Música Viva Festival 2017Where: O'Culto da Ajuda | Travessa das Zebras n.º 35, Belém, Lisboa _ Portugal.When: Friday, 26.05.2017, at 21:30pm SHARP

AUSTRIAN SPRING TOUR 2017

I will tour again in Austria, during the end of April and beginning of May 2017. I'll do a solo performance at ORF's KUNSTRADIO RADIOKUNST and new collaborations with turntablist Jorge Sánchez-Chiong and composer / painter Philippe Lamy. I am also looking fwd to a collaboration quartet (a recording session and a concert) with Michael Fischer, Bernhard Loibner and Clemens Hausch!! info bellow:

RUGITUS @ DME FESTIVAL 2016

I will spatialize "RUGITUS" at the 51st edition of DME Festival at Conservatório de Música De Seia. This will be my last performance in 2016. The event will occur from 27th to the 230th of December and my concert is programmed for the 28th of December at 16:00.

RUGITUS @ AUDIO ART FESTIVAL 2016

"RUGITUS", my latest electroacoustic piece, will have today its Polish premiere at the 24th edition of Audio Art Festival 2016, which is running, in Kraków, Poland, from June 25th until November 28th. The piece will be played within the context of a concert curated by CIME/ICEM - INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC. More info

AUSTRIAN TOUR _ WIEN MODERN 2016

It is time to announce another short tour to Austria, during the end of October and beginning of November 2016!!!
I am thrilled to announce that I was invited to play on the 29th edition of the historical WIEN MODERN festival. During one month, from October 30th until November 30th 2016, WIEN MODERN will present 88 concerts of the world's best contemporary music. I will integrate an electroacoustic improvisation duo with composer, conductor & saxophonist Michael Fischer.
@ Café Korb, on Friday, November 4th, at 22:00pm. The rest of tour is as follows:

RUGITUS v01/v02 _ INA-GRM / VS_CIME

Fench premire of RUGITUS v02 _ The INA-GRM listening committee has auditioned, blindly, the hundred and twenty pieces sent for “Banc d’Essai 2016”.
I was one of the 11 laureate composers of this year's INA-GRM's Banc d' Essai Acousmatic Music International Competition / Concert. "RUGITUS" v.02, my latest piece, had its French premiere at the Banc d' Essai Concert, on Sunday, October 9th 2016, at the MPAA Saint Germain. I spatialized "RUGITUS" through the historical ACOUSMONIUM. More info @ HERE

Mexican premiere of RUGITUS v01 _ I was invited by MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL / Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre to participate with "RUGITUS" in the 12th edition of VISIONES SONORAS in Morelia, México. My piece represented Portugal, on Friday, October 7th, within this year's CIME/ICEM - INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC Annual General Assembly's Musical Program at this festival. More info @ HERE

RUGITUS v.01 @ MUSICA VIVA 2016

The World Premiere of RUGITUS v0.1 at the 22nd edition of Música Viva 2016 20-28th May 2016. During the 8th concert of the 22nd edition of Música Viva 2016, I will spatialize my newest electroacoustic piece entitled RUGITUS v0.1. May 27th of 2016, Lisboa / Portugal.
More info @ HERE

CONCERT @ MUSLAB 2015 _ Argentina

"PAREIDOLIA, or of the dreamt gardens", my latest 8 channels electroacoustic piece, will be spatialized within the program of the MUSLAB 2015 - International Exhibition of Electroacoustic Music, which is taking place in four countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and France, and in nine different cities, in a total of 20 concerts, organized by the Mexican Association CaminArt. My piece will be played at Centro Cultural Recoleta - Laboratorio de Investigación y Producción Musical in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 5th at 18:00.More info about the event

CONCERT @ ICMC 2015 Uni.North Texas

I am glad to announce the international premiere of "PAREIDOLIA, or of the dreamt gardens", my latest 8 channels electroacoustic piece, that will be spatialized within the program of the 30th concert of the 41st International Computer Music Conference 2015, with the theme "Looking Back, Looking Forward". The conference is happening at the University of North Texas, Denton, USA, from September 25th to October 1st, 2015. My piece will be played at the Lyric Theatre, on October 1st 2015, within the programme of the 30th concert of the conference alongside pieces of Annette Vande Gorne and other composers. More info about the event

CONCERT @ ICMC 2015 Uni.North Texas

I am glad to announce the international premiere of "PAREIDOLIA, or of the dreamt gardens", my latest 8 channels electroacoustic piece, that will be spatialized within the program of the 30th concert of the 41st International Computer Music Conference 2015, with the theme "Looking Back, Looking Forward". The conference is happening at the University of North Texas, Denton, USA, from September 25th to October 1st, 2015. My piece will be played at the Lyric Theatre, on October 1st 2015, within the programme of the 30th concert of the conference alongside pieces of Annette Vande Gorne and other composers. More info about the event

CONCERT @ ELECTRONIC GEOGRAPHIES

I will do a solo concert at the Electronic Geographies Festival 2015, in Lisboa, on saturday the 28th of March 2015 at 21:30.
This will be the occasion for the national premiere of "Interspersed Memories - on strings, murmurs and gongs", a piece that had its world premiere at the 19th Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2012 (Seoul - South Korea) and the absolute premiere of a remix of "Athanor", a piece composed in 2006. The Portuguese representation in this festival also includes a work from the composer Ângela Ponte.More info about the event

CONCERT @ 20th MÚSICA VIVA FESTIVAL

I will do a solo concert at the 20th edition of Música Viva Festival 2014, in Lisboa, on saturday the 29th of November 2014 at 21:30.

In this concert I will have the opportunity to spatialize 3 recent tape music pieces through the Loudspeakers Orchestra, an array of speakers specially idealized and indicated for the sound projection of tape music pieces.
This will be the occasion for the world premiere of my latest piece, composed at Miso Music's LEC - Laboratory for Electroacoustic Creation, and the national premiere of a piece composed at the Electronic Music Studios of Leeds Metropolitan University, where I was an invited composer in residence, in January 2013. The program is as follows:

S.A.E. @ UNI. OF KENT_ 9TH NOVEMBER

I will participate on the 1st SYMPOSIUM OF ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY @ UNIVERSITY OF KENT, England, with a paper on soundscape composition.Catachresis, a soundscape piece composed and released in 2012 (Triple Bath _ more info), will be played at this symposium within the installations program.
Composer and Researcher Barry Truax will be a keynote speaker

COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE AT L.E.C.

"ARS ABSCONDITA" ALBUM RELEASE

I gladly announce the release of my latest solo album - ARS ABSCONDITA - by Japanese label OtO.
ARS ABSCONDITA is released on the context of my performance @ the Portuguese National Pantheon, within a Deep Listening Concert Series.
Release date / concert: 07.07.2013More on the albumMore info on the event

SOLO NATIONAL PANTHEON - 07.07.13

I was invited to play at the deep listening series concerts at the Portuguese National Pantheon, where I will present my latest piece entitled SEPTUA - the 7th Part of 1.
This piece is based on field recordings captured in Lisboa, Vienna, Bratislava and Seul and instrumental sounds: tibetan singing bowls, santur, hindu chimes, piano strings and harmonium.
when: Sunday, 7th of July 2013 _ 16:00
where: Panteão Nacional - Campo de Santa Clara, 1000-471 Lisboa, PORTUGAL.
entrance: € 3,50

Collaboration w. Hanna H. @ SERRALVES

I am glad to announce that I was invited to collaborate with, Berlin based, Swedish sound artist / performer Hanna Hartman and also Portuguese artists: Henrique Fernandes, João Ricardo and Filipe Silva, for a workshop at Casa da Música (Porto - Portugal) and a collaboration performance @ the 10th edition of SERRALVES EM FESTA 2013(more than 220 events, 40 hours non stop, from 8:00 am - June 8th - to 00:00, June 9th)
The workshop is about working with amplified objects and close up listening, and the performance will consist on the results of the workshop.
09.06.2013 - 15:00 @ CASA DE SERRALVES

EUROPEAN BLITZMAY TOUR 2013

I am off for a blitz tour in Austria, England and Czech Republic, doing some collaborations with Michael Fischer (Sax, AT), solo concerts and field recordings.

COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE - Jan. 2013

I gladly announce that I was invited by theSchool of Film, Music & Performing Arts of the Faculty of Art, Environment & Technology of LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY to be a Composer in Residence, at its Electronic Music Recording Studios. I will give guest lectures, focusing on my work, and also addressing to Soundscape Composition & Electroacoustic / Acousmatic Music theories and practices.

21-28. 10.2012 - SOUTH KOREAN TOUR

13.10.2012 - RADIO INTERVIEW RDP AT2

I was invited by MISO MUSIC's RDP Antena 2 : "ELECTROACOUSTIC ART", the only Portuguese FM radio program extensively focused on contemporary electroacoustic music, for an interview about my work.
The program will feature 30 min of music from previous and latest works (specially focused on my 2012 release : PANAURAL). The program will be aired on national FM RADIO, by the early hours of Saturday the 13th, from 01:00am to 2:00am, and it will be available, soon after it's aired, in Podcast at:
http://www.rtp.pt/play/p782/arte-eletroacustica.

25.05.2012 - "PANAURAL" album release

I gladly announce the official release of my
latest work: PANAURAL - interspersed soundwalks and soundscapes, by Athens based Triple Bath label. The national release concert event happened at Flausina Gallery in Lisboa, Sat. 09.06.2012, 22:00.